These Are the Most Exciting New Airline Routes Launching in August – MASHAHER

Budget airlines continue to rapidly expand and fall foliage hunters get a new route option.

Hot August nights are here. The kids go back to school soon, and many travelers’ minds are on that final summer break — Labor Day weekend, maybe — and cooler autumn days ahead.

At the beginning of every month, Travel+Leisure highlights the most exciting routes launching that month. Airlines, like the travelers they serve, historically change little in August as they eye the fall ahead. But this year, eager to compete with their bigger competitors, budget airlines are rapidly growing. Meanwhile, other carriers are still building back from the pandemic or filling in the gaps on their map.

Frontier Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

Frontier Airlines continues its breakneck growth in August with seven new routes. The routes, all of which begin on either August 13 or 14, include Atlanta to Boston and Los Angeles, Boston to Charlotte and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), New York (JFK) to Las Vegas, and Sacramento to Los Angeles and San Diego. Frontier takes on a who’s who of U.S. airline competition with the additions, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines; not a single one of its new routes is unserved, according to aviation data analytics firm Cirium Diio. Frontier will fly all seven routes daily with introductory airfares ranging from $19 to $69 one way.

Spirit Connects the Dots

Fellow discounter Spirit Airlines will add two new routes in August. The carrier will link Fort Lauderdale and Rochester, N.Y., and DFW and Houston Bush from August 13 and 14, respectively. One way Fort Lauderdale-Rochester fares range from $39 to $41 for a flight that departs South Florida at 7:40 p.m. and arrives in Upstate New York three hours later. One way DFW-Houston fares range from $20 to $39 for the one-hour-and-15-minute flight that departs DFW around noon and 8 p.m. American, Frontier, and United fly the DFW-Houston route, and Southwest serves the cities from nearby Dallas Love and Houston Hobby airports.

Sun Country Adds Two From Minneapolis

Not to be left out, budget airline Sun Country will connect its Minneapolis-St. Paul base to Monterey, California, from August 8, and to Manchester, New Hampshire, from August 22. Both routes operate less than daily with introductory airfares ranging from $69 to $79 one way. Sun Country is the only airline flying both routes.

United Builds Back in San Francisco

United resumes flights between San Francisco and Detroit as well as to St. Louis on August 19. The airline suspended both routes early in the pandemic. United will offer up to two flights a day on both routes with departures from San Francisco to Detroit around 11 a.m. and a red-eye just before 11 p.m. Departures to St. Louis are just after 11 a.m. and around 6:30 p.m. Economy airfares from San Francisco to Detroit range from $204 to $573 one way, and to St. Louis from $175 to $493 one way.

Southwest Returns to Its Albany Routes

Southwest will resume flights between Las Vegas and Albany, New York, on August 5. The route, one of the first four Southwest flew from Albany when it landed there in 2000, was last operated in 2019. Airfares range widely depending on the day of travel from as low as $265 one way to $785 for the flight that departs Albany at 1:15 p.m. and lands in Las Vegas at 3:25 p.m.

American Expands to Quebec Ahead of Fall Foliage

American will link Quebec City to its second largest hub, Charlotte, weekly on Saturdays from August 10. The flight that departs the Queen City at 9 a.m. and arrives in the Quebec capital at 11:49 a.m. will improve connectivity between the southern U.S., including Florida, and Quebec City. Economy airfares range from $304 to $413 one way.

One More to Taipei from Seattle

Following last month’s China Airlines Taipei-Seattle launch, Starlux makes its own foray into the crowded market with three flights a week beginning August 16. The airline is the fourth — and smallest — flying the route along with China Airlines, Delta, and Eva Air. Starlux economy airfares range from $520 to $831 between Seattle and Taipei.

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